Japanese Books

Every time I am at a Kinokuniya bookstore, I deeply regret not being able to read Japanese.

Why does this book have two covers - with Hippie Bill and with Presidential Bill?

This book is amazing. I still regret not being able to part with $30 to get it, not only for the cover with the Twin Towers, but for the hand-drawn illustrations inside.

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Mon, 05/12/2008 - 04:35 — Durf (not verified)

The Hillary book is a two-volume deal; the one on the left is the first (上) and on the right is the second (下). They deal with different chunks of her life, and the text on the obi ("belt," or the strip of paper running around the bottom half of the cover) hints at that. It reads as follows, more or less:

(left)
The entire world is watching this woman today: what is she really like?
This is the road taken by Hillary, now being hailed by many as the first female US president.

(right)
On her way to being America’s first female president.
These are the changes and joys of her life as first lady, wife, and mother.

There's more text on the bottom of the right-hand volume but your shot is a bit too blurry to make it out.

Sun, 05/18/2008 - 10:00 — deadprogrammer

Thank you so much for the translation. Japanese is one of those languages where automatic translators are next to useless when you deal with electronic translators. I still have no idea what the three characters next to Mu say on my calligraphy scroll - http://www.deadprogrammer.com/mu . At least I don't have it tattooed on my body :)

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